TITLE

Arguing Away the Law: Prudential Erasure of the Forensic in John C. Yoo's War by Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terror

AUTHOR(S)

Veden, Mary Lynn

PUB. DATE

January 2009

SOURCE

Conference Papers -- National Communication Association;2009, p1

SOURCE TYPE

Conference Paper

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Rhetorical critics have noted the exceptional degree to which George W. Bush depended on the epideictic genre to justify policy decisions. As the legal adviser to the President most responsible for justifying the Administration's policies within a legal framework, the vernacular legal discourse of John Yoo, hailed as the "architect of the post-9/11 Constitution" is examined in this paper as prudential legal argument that both hybridizes genre and sublimates conventional legal concerns for executive authority. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript

ACCESSION #

54434294

 

Related Articles

• Executive Power and the Office of Legal Counsel. Saltzman, Rachel Ward // Yale Law & Policy Review;Spring2010, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p439 

  The article offers information on the note that examines the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC's) treatment of issues involving executive power. It discusses the responsibility of the government lawyers in providing advice in response to the war on terrorism. It highlights the "Bybee Memorandum"...

• Acts Approved by the President. Bush, George W. // Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents;9/23/2002, Vol. 38 Issue 38, p1592 

  Presents information on an act approved by U.S. President George W. Bush on September 18, 2002.

• Making up for lost time.  // Hill;10/24/2007, Vol. 14 Issue 124, p30 

  The author reflects on issues regarding the veto threats issued by U.S. President George W. Bush. The author notes that Bush was the most veto-averse president in living memory. Though he cites Bush to have used the veto to considerable effect, he believes vetoes are also a sign of his weakness...

• Bush applies pressure on offshore drilling, offers GOP election help. Youngman, Sam; Kucinich, Jackie; Raju, Manu // Hill;7/15/2008, Vol. 15 Issue 81, p4 

  The article reports on the political conflict after U.S. President George W. Bush lifted an executive order to ban oil drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf.

• Rocky Mountain News.  // Hill;6/3/2008, Vol. 15 Issue 63, p22 

  The article reports on the use of U.S. President George W. Bush of his pardoning power where, accordingly, President Bush has granted pardon to only 157 people as compared to his predecessors.

• Acts Approved by the President.  // Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents;9/26/2005, Vol. 41 Issue 38, p1456 

  Lists selected legislation approved by U.S. President George W. Bush from September 20-23, 2005. Law excluding from consideration as income certain payments under the national flood insurance program; Other laws approved by the president.

• Why Congress is quiet on liberties. Chaddock, Gail Russell // Christian Science Monitor;11/16/2001, Vol. 93 Issue 248, p2 

  Discusses the powers of the administration of United States President George W. Bush, in light of how the executive branch has bypassed traditional consultation in a sweeping extension of law enforcement authority.

• Executive Power and the Discipline of History. Mortenson, Julian Davis // University of Chicago Law Review;Winter2011, Vol. 78 Issue 1, p377 

  The article reviews several books by John Yoo including "Crisis and Command: The History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush," "War by Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terror" and "The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs after 9/11."

• Steep Climb. Ballenstedt, Brittany; Rosenberg, Alyssa // Government Executive;Dec2008, Vol. 40 Issue 16, p16 

  No abstract available.

Read the Article